How Steel is Made Part 2: Iron Ore, Scrap, Lime. Great Footage!!

[@TomsTrainsandThings]

Like those Still Mill Videos.

[@ellisjackson3355]

I really love this video thank you. I've always been into trains, and have always been fascinated by the purely mechanical appearance/aesthetic of these extremely industrial places.

[@StanFerris]

Amazing job, DJ!

[@pennsylvaniamodelrailroad]

I love stuff like this. Sure I could look on Google maps but I wouldn't have any idea what each track is for and whatnot. You make things a lot more clear than any picture could. Your channel is always a big help to me and many others.

[@djstrains]

awesome

[@sepphauser7173]

Hi D.J. really a professional story about steel production. Thanks for that fine story. You make a good job to explain the things are running.

[@djstrains]

appreciated!

[@ejejeff1722]

Great shots! This info is immensely helpful,, I can see what I've gotten myself into! I will definitely need that book. Thanks DJ!

[@djstrains]

its awesome

[@dwighthitchens9838]

Another great video. Thanks

[@evanschad85]

Always an amazing video! Thanks!

[@glueguy1224]

Having grown up in Beaver County, (Monaca), in the 70’s and early 80’s, I can still see the night sky turn orange and hear the boom as the slag was dumped at J&L steel in Aliquippa. I enjoy your videos, keep up the great work!

[@djstrains]

Very cool! Thanks for watching! I have a lot of steel related videos on my channel

[@georgetompkins5438]

excellent drone work. keep up the fine work

[@djstrains]

thank you

[@michaelmcdougall4527]

As always very Informative 🚂

[@TheOneTrueDragonKing]

Also those new cars and the track looks like a bundle of model railroad shots.

[@ray_road]

I remember back in June I was at Kennywood waiting to get onto the Phantom's Revenge (it was raining) and seeing the red, white, and blue switcher pushing/pulling the submarine car in/out of the BOF. I didn't know what it was doing but now I do thanks to this video!

[@djstrains]

Awesome!

[@hawaii3100]

Great info. Keep em coming

[@djstrains]

part 3 coming

[@highballinghogger]

Great video , I'm modeling part of a steel mill on my Nscale layout and your videos are so helpful Thanks DJ 😀

[@djstrains]

awesome

[@railsofthenorthland1181]

All you need to now about iron ore is it’s reddish, sticky, and really messy! A lot of my family worked in the mines or the DM&IR!

[@waltersobchek2465]

DM&IR DW&P CN BN 👍

[@ellisjackson3355]

@@waltersobchek2465 EJ&E

[@thomassalerno5203]

DJ I I model the Pittsburgh Steel scene. With the (fict) Pittsburgh Terminal (PTDR) Appreciate your fantastic commentaries. At the end of this video you showed a drone view of the Valley yard. What’s is in the RBOX box cars and in the various (in this case red) tank cars). Your help in prototypical operation is valued and greatly appreciated.

[@djstrains]

we are curious about that as well

[@wilzdart]

the steel mill book is my bible and used it building the steel mill complex on my N scale complex. Really nice video the drone just puts you right in there. Thanks for sharing

[@HenrikSweden1]

Wow ! Love your dronevideos ! Another good book on steel is Dean Freytags the history, making and modeling of steel. I really rekommend it. Thanks for This great video !

[@tomstarcevich1147]

Awesome vid lots of great information 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚂👍

[@djstrains]

thank you

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

*Thank You DJ* 😊❤

[@djstrains]

My pleasure

[@IHVA-ir9gp]

Spent 81 to 84 at ET with stints at Clairton, Homestead, and Irvin. Worked Central Mtce mostly at ET and spent time in the Mobile equipment/Loco shop and got to run our NW2's. In addition did time in the Machine shop before it closed and Boiler Shop with most of time supporting the BOP. Great pics/video

[@Death_From_Below]

I appreciate your videos

[@djstrains]

thank you

[@kamala2111]

Always learning neat info from your vids

[@zonegamma8197]

very informative thanks a lot. make more of these industry videos please. i have this book it is very good

[@legodragonxp]

5:00 you can see a front end loader pulling cars in the lower to mid left.

[@djstrains]

yeah, that surprised me.

[@towny72]

The URR spots loads for the scrap man and the rubber tired loader pulls the emptys out. The same process is used for flux. The URR will spot loaded covered hoppers by the unloader and the RTL will move the empties out as needed.

[@davestrains6816]

Great video as usual! Looking forward to the new videos about this subject. Thanks for sharing. Dave

[@Halosixteen]

Thanks for the info, need all I can get because I'm in the process of modeling the huge mill at Mingo Jct.

[@nathandelay]

Awesome video DJ

[@danasoroko]

Wonderful video!

[@towny72]

Taconite pellets today contain the majority of flux/limestone agent needed for the blast furnace. Vary rarely will use see flux stone brought up to the trestle. The covered hoppers at ET contain Metallurgical High Calcium pebble and pulverized lime that is used at the BOP.

[@djstrains]

I really appreciate that insight. I am still learning. Thank you!!

[@towny72]

@@djstrains Same here, over a decade and I am still learning something new at the mill...

[@thomassalerno5203]

Outstanding Video...Thanks for posting

[@davekerr5972]

Pretty extraordinary video of ET.

[@davidspadafore64]

Nice BOF Still looking good, Thanks agine ! American Grafite !

[@waltersobchek2465]

Yes!! My man back with another great video!!!! Love the steel industries and typography out East but I'm MN Iron range native and trying but having a hard time squeezing in oar docks and iron mines after my MN/Canada Paper Mill... Layout is growing weather it can or not lol. Your awesome DJ! Thanks for doing it once again!! 👍👍👍👍 👍👍👍👍

[@djstrains]

as always, I am just excite that people appreciate the industries as much as i do, my friend.

[@austinyingst5902]

I read the book until it's worn out. Your videos put it all together.

[@djstrains]

I love this book

[@TouchoftheBrushModelWeathering]

Great video DJ. Love the history and information!- Joey

[@Steve51983]

Another great video. Theres a short clip of some Tboxs in the yard. What are they used for?

[@djstrains]

Great question, I wondered that too.

[@WestVirginiaRailfan]

I just watched part one yesterday 😂😂

[@djstrains]

haha

[@jonglass]

Kennywood! ;-) Oh, and that last shot, of the whole complex, with the bridge and hills in the background--makes me think of the model railroad at the Carnegie Science Center

[@djstrains]

true!!

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Great Video , I want to build a BOF, so many different versions of a BOF, hard to find any detailed pictures of built models

[@billbeverly2864]

Great info,thanks

[@jeffbaker2897]

Thanks D.J., your video of the mill & yard of empty cars is helpful in my modeling of my steel mills , very informative enjoyed both parts 1&2. Keep them coming, take care D.J. 😎👍👍👍🛤🚂

[@djstrains]

I am excited for part 3

[@jeffbaker2897]

Cool , looking forward to seeing pt.3. Hope that you & your family had a happy Thanksgiving 🦃 🍽 😎👍🚂

[@TruckinGoat]

Creates a nice glow at 4am over by the furnaces

[@djstrains]

I love it at night

[@TruckinGoat]

@@djstrains I'm usually dumping in the shed where the covered hoppers are between 4-430am

[@WisenheimerYZTV]

Battery may have been dying, but you still caught the exit of the loco. Self = worst critic. Great video, informative and fun as usual! Thanks for sharing! - Brad

[@djstrains]

I lucked out a little, lol

[@Joe-td4pq]

Another awesome video. On giving Tuesday skip the $tarbucks and send your favorite railroader a few dollars to keep the videos rolling!

[@sherrypilorski8975]

heading down ur way soon for the steel city I'm pumped. Im going to drive around trying to find all the track in ur area.

[@sherrypilorski8975]

steel city con

[@djstrains]

@@sherrypilorski8975 I'll be there friday and saturday. (maybe sunday if not working). I'll have my daughter, so if you see us, come say hi.

[@sherrypilorski8975]

@@djstrains Weekend Made, I might get to meet the man.

[@djstrains]

@@sherrypilorski8975 went fri and sat. Sorry I missed you

[@thomasabramson100]

1:12 is that an abandoned blast furnace and BOF or just Blast and what are all the different parts ???

[@djstrains]

see my video on carrie furnace. playlist: Steel Mills. You'll enjoy it.

[@dennisnicholson952]

It is interesting to bring up the subject of the iron industry which was prevalent,where I live in northeast Maryland, during colonial times and well into the 19th century. The process was charcoal based and was not as efficient or as productive as the coke-based process that is used in the behemoths that you are accustomed to seeing. In fact, it was these collossuses that spelled the doom of the type of iron works on my area.

[@ivansmith5687]

How does the raw materials get from the storage to the skip lifts?

[@djstrains]

The crane and also conveyor belts.

[@djstrains]

Best Book I ever read! amzn.to/2QPnA6Q

[@ivansmith5687]

Thanks, I am working on building a steel mill for my clubs layout. Thank you for the information.

[@kevinguthrie5495]

Biked the Great Alleghany Passage across the river right by Kennywood and someone said this was the last steel mill in Pittsburgh. That can't be right, can it? Does any place else take taconite?

[@djstrains]

that is correct. last one in western Pa

[@RonStanek]

Good stuff! DM&IR - B&LE - E&JE - URR - B&S / USS Steel railroads. 🇺🇸

[@djstrains]

My favs

[@sparky107107]

I always learning something from you, might need to get the book just to see this cool process. was that a amusement park in the back ground? and at 7:30 of the video, what kind of rail cars are those? almost look like mobile homes, lol streamliners, with AC units on the roof

[@towny72]

Those are coil cars. That is a specific NS design with a single large cover for the car.

[@djstrains]

Kennywood amusement park

[@ECWnWWF]

which is the best order to watch your steel modeling videos? I am sure you've made many of them of the process of how you went about modeling these. from designing the platform and so on.

[@djstrains]

Just watch whatever interests you. I may work on a video about steel mill cars when i get free time.

[@Bardwell_Junction]

What are approximate dimensions of the steel slabs in those gone at the end? Thanx for the industrial processes 101 tutorial. While I won't be modeling a steel mill, I do want to model movement of the product and you don't need the mill real estate to do that!

[@djstrains]

I don't know, but I assume that these are 50' mill gondolas.

[@southjersey10]

So the wife says, What are you watching? And I respond, It’s another wonderful video from DJs Trains. Give me your phone, she says, I want to see it. I hand her the phone and after 10 seconds she exclaimed, Hey they sell T-Shirts, then hands me back the phone. Don’t you want to learn about coke and slag?? I ask. Her response: I just want a T-Shirt! Welcome to Black Friday plus one. Btw, nice video shots. 🤣

[@djstrains]

hahaha

[@southjersey10]

T-Shirt ordered!

[@JoeG-firehousewhiskey]

Yeah, why even paint it white, it should have been painted brown. No one would have known any different